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Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Nilles Corner (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Nilles Corner. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Nilles Corner ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

  • A typical abbreviation for Nilles Corner: Nilles Cor. (or less commonly used: Nilles Crn.)
  • While the name of this community is Nilles Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Nilles Corner may originally have been Nille's Corner.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Nilles Corner might be written as Nille Corner.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Nilles Corner is located in Douglas County.

To see how the shape of Washington's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Douglas County: Chelan, Grant, Kittitas, Lincoln & Okanogan.

Below are the counties that are near Nilles Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nilles Corner:

  • Douglas County     (The home county of Nilles Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nilles Corner, with the one closest to Nilles Corner listed first.
    • Osborne Corner
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Osborne Corner is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne Corner
    • Bridgeport
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Mansfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Mold ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Mold is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mold
    • Coulee Dam
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Beebe
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Beebe is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebe
    • Withrow
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Withrow is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withrow
  • Chelan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nilles Corner, with the one closest to Nilles Corner listed first.
    • Chelan Falls
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Chelan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Grant County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nilles Corner, with the one closest to Nilles Corner listed first.
    • Electric City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Grand Coulee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Hartline
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Banks Lake South
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Banks Lake South is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks Lake South
    • Coulee City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nilles Corner, with the one closest to Nilles Corner listed first.
    • Hesseltine ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Hesseltine is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesseltine
    • Almira
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Okanogan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nilles Corner, with the one closest to Nilles Corner listed first.
    • Monse
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Monse is located in Okanogan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monse
    • Brewster
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Virginia City ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Virginia City is located in Okanogan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
    • Elmer City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Mason City ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Mason City is located in Okanogan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason City
    • Nespelem
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Nespelem is located in Okanogan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nespelem
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
    • Malott
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Pateros
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Okanogan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Omak
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Omak is located in Okanogan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omak
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,827 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Omak <2>
    • Methow
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • North Omak
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • North Omak is located in Okanogan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Omak

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nilles Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Nilles Corner.

Cemeteries Near Nilles Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nilles Corner.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Nilles Corner - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nilles Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nilles Corner, with the one closest to Nilles Corner listed first.

  • Buckingham Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Indian Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Ft. Okanogan Memorial Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Mold Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Locust Grove Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Spring Canyon Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Danish Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • St. Andrews Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Chiliwist Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Jameson Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Okanogan Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Lafollette Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Coulee City Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Welsh Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>

While we didn't find Nilles Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Nilles Corner.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Nilles Corner, with the one closest to Nilles Corner listed first.

  • Thompson ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Thompson is located in Okanogan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
  • Ophir
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Ophir is located in Okanogan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
  • Saint Andrews
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Saint Andrews is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
  • Malott
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Hesseltine ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Hesseltine is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesseltine
  • Almira
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nilles Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nilles Corner.

Newspapers Published in Nilles Corner ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nilles Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nilles Corner, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nilles Corner.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Nilles Corner:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<4>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Nilles Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Nilles Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.